Pretty poison
The wicked poisoner showed herself in fine form, full of purple passion and lusty music-making that would gladden the heart of any bel canto enthusiast or opera lover in general.
Renée Fleming
171 pieces since 2005 — in 36 roles, at 19 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
171
pieces
36
roles
19
companies
22
years
By role
Marschallin 5
Rodelinda 4
Violetta 4
Armida 3
Countess 3
Thaïs 3
Daphne 3
Lucrezia Borgia 3
Ariadne 2
Blanche DuBois 2
Clarissa Vaughan 2
Arabella 2
Margaret Johnson 2
Manon 2
Rusalka 2
Pat Nixon 2
Nettie 1
Tatyana 1
Rosina 1
Sandrina 1
Susannah 1
Louise 1
unknown 1
Virginia Woolf 1
Marguerite 1
Alaide 1
La Folie 1
intermission commentatress 1
Hanna Glawari 1
Georgia O'Keeffe 1
Gabriel/Eva 1
Ellen 1
Countess; Thäis 1
Countess Rosina 1
Countess Madeleine 1
Anna 1
By company
Metropolitan Opera 31
Lyric Opera of Chicago 2
Boston Symphony Orchestra 2
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1
Wolf Trap 1
Washington National Opera 1
San Francisco Opera 1
Royal Opera House 1
Richard Tucker Gala 1
Orchestre de Paris 1
Opera Orchestra of New York 1
Opéra de Paris 1
National Symphony Orchestra 1
Los Angeles Opera 1
LA Opera 1
Imperial Theater 1
Houston Grand Opera 1
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden 1
Carnegie Hall 1
3 pieces as Lucrezia Borgia — stats above show all coverage for Renée Fleming.
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Pick your poison
I think we’re all aware by now of the wicked libel that the French dramatist Victor Hugo concocted about the fair Lucrezia Borgia with his depiction of her as a murderous virago.
lucrezia, gorgeous
A new spy debuts in La Cieca’s service, reporting from the first night of WNO’s Lucrezia Borgia: Overall, I thought the opera was worth the price of attendance. The costumes of the main characters looked like something from Star Trek. Renée Fleming‘s hair looked like Tina Turner circa 1984. Fleming was impressive, especially in many […]
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I’ll take the fall
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